Susumu Yokota: The Boy And The Tree – Skintone – VINYL LP

Title: The Boy And The Tree – Skintone
Artist: Susumu Yokota
Label: Lo Recordings
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 5057805952213
Genre: Ambient
Release Date: 2026-05-29
Number of Discs: 2
Additional Details: COLORED VINYL, ORANGE

The Boy and the Tree was composed after a visit to Yakushima Island, an outstandingly beautiful world heritage site off the southern tip of Japan, scored by a deep, lush and ancient ravine, home of the ancient 7000-year old ‘Jomon Sugi’. Tree. Also the inspiration for Miyazaki’s epic anime Princess Mononoke, a conflict between the rampant greed and destructive force of humanity, and the stoic, mysterious fragility of nature. This fleeting immersion in nature lent the album a profound introspection and mystery, and the it’s twelve tracks unfold in dream sequence, each drifting seamlessly into the next while still managing to steer the listener in myriad directions, from eerie butoh atmospheres, to ebullient raga, to desolate, cavernous chanson. The Boy And The Tree is definitely one of, if not the most, visually evocative and cinematic Yokota releases.

Tracks:
1.1 The Colour of Pomegranates
1.2 Live Echo
1.3 Fairy Link
1.4 Grass Tree and Stone
1.5 Secret Garden
1.6 Rose Necklace
1.7 Beans
1.8 Plateau on Plateau
1.9 Red Swan
1.10 Thread Leads to Heaven
1.11 Future Tiger
1.12 Blood and Snow